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Type : Parent / Almshouse / # A1162 Do you work here? If so you can edit this data & register on Housingnet for free. |
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Suite B- Underwood House
235 Three Bridges Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 1LS
England
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| General Information / Background |
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The PCC traces its origins back to 1827 when George and Charles Seares and their employer John King decided to set up a society to help the poor and needy of the printing trade. On 3rd December 1827 the Printers' Pension Society was established to provide relief to aged, infirm and distressed workmen who had been employed in the various branches of the printing trades and their widows.
In 1840 the Printers' Almshouse Society was instituted with the intention of building and maintaining almshouses. A site was bought in Wood Green in North London; the building was completed in 1855. Then in 1863 the Printers' Orphan Asylum came into being to maintain, clothe and educate orphaned children of printers.
These three organisations agreed to amalgamate under the cumbersome title of the Printers' Pension, Almshouse and Orphan Asylum Corporation in 1865 when it became incorporated by Royal Charter with Queen Victoria as its Patron.
Thereafter a major period of change occurred within the Corporation in the 1960s when the Almshouses were closed and sheltered housing schemes built at Basildon and Bletchley. In 1972 a new Royal Charter was obtained. The name of the Corporation was changed to its current one and its charitable objects and powers widened. Also, membership of the Corporation was no longer a prerequisite for obtaining benefit.
In recognition of the fact that people were living longer and perhaps requiring extra care, the nursing home, Butlin House was built on part of the site of Beaverbrook Court in 1987. It was extended in 1992.
Over the years the PCC has amalgamated with, or become the trustee of various other charities including Sir Billy Butlin's charity and the Caxton Convalescent Home. In 1987 the PCC sold it's head office building in Doughty Street, London WC1. Shrewd investment of this capital, together with existing funds, has, over the years, built up an income which funds all the PCC's non-housing activities and covers any deficit on the housing side. In response to the changing needs within the printing industry, the PCC recently decided it again needed to update its Royal Charter to give wider powers to the Corporation and greater discretion concerning those it is able to help. |
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